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Elections · U.S. House · Alabama

2026 Alabama House race, District 1

Clyde Jones (Democrat) and Jerry Carl (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Alabama District 1, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Alabama Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Carl
$1.2M
Jones
$86K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Republican certification; Democratic certification. Not a prediction.

The seat

Barry Moore

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2021 · Age 60

Not on the November ballot

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How to vote in Alabama

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 15 days before the election.

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The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.5M
Outside money
$638K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Carl$547K
Opposing Carl-
Supporting Jones-
Opposing Jones-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $91K of the race's $638K was spent on candidates not listed here.

Where each candidate's money comes from

51%$44KSmall donors$45K4%
47%$40KLarge donors$629K54%
2%$2KPACs$303K26%
--Other$185K16%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Jerry Carl $183K.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

3 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+57 in 2024

  • Barry Moore Won: 78.4%
  • Tom Holmes: 21.5%

329,854 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
735K
Median household income
$66K
Unemployment
4.4%
Living below the poverty line
14.2%
Without health insurance
9.5%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through July 22, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.